Tuesday, December 13, 2011

It's The Most Wonderful Season of All

It's Christmas time and with it comes the excuse, if not obligation, to make (and eat) all kinds of decadent and festive goodies.

We have a cookie party at our Mom 2 Mom group on Thursday so I wanted to make something fun and different. I saw these on Pinterest, and I am all about the salty-sweet combo, so they went straight to the top of my must-try list. I made them tonight and they had me at "hello!"

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Pretzel Cookies



Right along the same lines are these Caramel Pretzel Bites. I can't find the pretzel nuggets at the moment, so I might have to improvise, but one way or another, these will be made in my kitchen this year!


These aren't very Christmas-y, but I found them while I was browsing and thought they were the perfect little snack for our tropical Christmas. They are way to easy to reach in and grab as you are passing the freezer!
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Banana Bites


Along with the craze that is the oh-so-good salted caramel these days, I thought these sounded divine. They call for caramel Hershey's kisses, which I can't get here, so I might have to tweak that recipe too. Caramel Chocolate Pretzel Bars


There has never been a dough that I didn't like, and I have to say that chocolate chip cookie dough tops the list. Add the word "truffle," and I'm a smitten kitten.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles


Mind you, all of these are in addition to our house regulars. Topping that list are Nanaimo Bars. They have a secret Canuck ingredient (that's not so secret now that I'm posting the link). They are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. When I'm done making them, the pan weighs about 5 lbs, mostly because I Josh'd them up by doubling the filling and Val'd them up by doubling the chocolate topping.


Mark my words, if this is what I can expect of December posts, you know January's posts will be filled with brilliant weight-loss plans.

1 comments:

Barbie said...

Ok, now I want to do some baking! Those treats look yummy :) I'm sure your mom 2 mom group will like them.